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| “ | I'm Emily Elizabeth, and I have a dog. My dog is a big red dog. Other kids I know have dogs, too. Some are big dogs. And some are red dogs. But I have a biggest, reddest dog on our street. | „ |
| ~ Emily Elizabeth |
Emily Elizabeth Howard is the deuteragonist of the Clifford the Big Red Dog franchise.
She is voiced by Grey DeLisle in 2000-2002 and Hannah Levinson in the animated reboot. In the 2021 live-action film, Emily was portrayed by Darby Camp.
Personality and Bio[]
Emily Elizabeth is kind and considerate for her friends. She is also pretty peppy. Emily is Clifford's owner as well as his best friend, having adopted him when he was a small puppy. Her love caused his enormous size resulting in them having to leave their Pembroke Home for a new home in Lumberton. She is 9-years-old.
Emily is known to be a very good skater and also great at soccer.
Appearance/Other attire[]
Emily usually wears a school uniform which consists of a long-sleeve pink shirt with a black skirt and black and pink striped knee socks and black school shoes. In the summer, she wears a butterfly light t-shirt, white shorts, and sandals. In the movie and the Christmas version, the black things in her outfit are purple. In Clifford and Elizabeth, she wears a pink short-sleeved button shirt, brown belt, tan jean shorts, white socks, and brown hiking boots.
Sometimes, if she's near the ocean, at the pool, or giving Clifford a bath, she would often wear a blue and white swimsuit.
In the books and in the animation Emily is represented as a little girl with short and blonde hair, but in the live action movie she is a 12-year-old girl with brunette or brown hair what is braided in a ponytail.
Trivia[]
- She was named for the daughter of author Norman Bridwell and based on the imaginary adventures of Bridwell's wife, Norma.
- There are some notable differences between her book/animated and live-action portrayals:
- In the books and animated series, she adopts Clifford from a neighbor in her apartment, while in the live-action film, she adopts him from an animal caregiver in a park.
- Her mother's name in the book and show is named Caroline, while in the live-action film her name in Maggie.
- Her mother is married in the book and animated show, giving her a biological father, while she has a single mother in the film and her second guardian is her uncle.
- It is stated in the film that her love for Clifford will cause him to grow, while this is never stated in the books and TV show, making it somewhat ambiguous as to how Clifford grew.
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